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Thorax pale violet-grey mixed with dark fuscous, apex of patagia 

 pale reddish-grey. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. Forewiugs elon- 

 gate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termeu very obliquely 

 rounded ; light violet-grey irrorated with dark fuscous ; a subcostal 

 series of small blackish spots from near base to beyond middle, and 

 costa spotted with dark posteriorly ; a cloudy spot of blackish suffusion 

 in disc at |, preceded by some pale suffusion : cilia pale grey sprinkled 

 with dark fuscous. Hindwiugs grey, with slight brassy tinge; cilia 

 pale grey. 



CAPE COLONY, Capetown, in March (Keytel) ; one specimen. The 

 genus Myrmecozela absorbs and supersedes Amydria. 



HOMALOPSYCHA, n. g. 



Head densely rough-haired; ocelli small, posterior ; tongue obsolete. 

 Antennae f , in ^ serrulate, simple, basal joint moderate, with pecteu. 

 Labial palpi moderate, porrected, second joint tufted with dense rough 

 scales beneath, with several projecting lateral bristles, terminal joint 

 much shorter than second, subascending, loosely scaled, tolerably 

 obtuse. Maxillary palpi rather long, several-jointed, folded, filiform. 

 Foi-ewings with 16 furcate. 2 from angle, 7 to costa, 11 from .',. 

 Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia ! ; 2-7 separate, 5 and 6 somewhat 

 approximated at base. 



Differs from Prothinodes by short terminal joint of palpi, and from 

 LIpomerinx by presence of lateral bristles, but probably allied to both. 



HOMALOPSYCHA. AESTUARIA, n. sp. 



$ . 20-21 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale ochreous-yellowish. 

 Antennae whitish-grey. Abdomen grey. Forewiugs elongate, narrow, 

 osta gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termeu extremely obliquely 

 rounded ; pale ochreous-yellowish or whitish-ochreous, dorsal area 

 beneath fold somewhat deeper ; four or five scattered blackish specks 

 along fold ; costal edge dark grey towards base ; a cloudy longitudinal 

 streak of grey suffusion from base beneath costa, sometimes blackish 

 towards base, becoming lighter posteriorly and at middle, separating 

 into two arms composed of faint cloudy neural lines, upper running to 

 posterior portion of costa, lower to lower portion of termen, included 

 area more whitish-tinged, especially towards apex : cilia whitish- 

 ochreous, with whitish apical bar and patches of obscure grey speckling 

 above and below this. Hiudwiugs rather dark grey ; cilia pale grey. 



CAPE COLONY, Grt. Wiuthoek, 4500 ft. ; four specimens. 



